《The Guardian Apostle》


 Chapter 1 - Youll give me a job?

    Hi, my name is... well I don''t have a name. I''m a slave. Maybe not even that, slaves at least have names, I''m just Experiment No. X. X cause apparently as my "parents" tell me, I''m the most successful and strongest experiment my captors have. No of course not they don''t let me see my parents, not that I have any for all I know. These A.I robots are the designated parents they have given me, because they''re obviously afraid to show themselves to me.


    I live in a single house, on a prairie, in a box. The box is what keeps me here, and its huge, at least 2 square miles in diameter, and the top has a lackluster sky artificially projected to make me feel "free". I''ve lived here for 15 years, that''s how old I am. The only time I leave is when my robot parents give me a tranquilizing shot and I end up in another box to be tested by more robots. My life is seriously fun isn''t it...


    Just kidding.


    They give me books, educational ones and fictional ones, to make me grow as a person and make me smarter. They teach me the laws of the world so I can make stronger magic for them. Yes, MAGIC. Don''t worry, I''ve tried escaping using the very tool they try to teach me, but its grown obvious magic won''t work, even if I''m smarter than them. The infernal box is the bane of my existence, I''ve learned I''l never get out on my own. Neither with the help of Ol'' robo parent number 1 and 2, I named them Tim and Erica cause why not, and I''ve taken them apart countless times and programmed them to free me countless more, but as soon as I reboot them they revert right back to how they were made and don''t help me one bit.


    Thanks to the fictional books they''ve oh so graciously given me, I''ve learned a bit to compare with this world and make believe others. I surmise this world is highly advanced in technology and incorporate said techology with magic to make them stronger. Magic stoves, magic guns, laser swords (my favorite), flying magic cars, magic world ending devices, etc. I don''t know how many continents there are, or how many stars are in the sky. I know how many stars are in the sky in this box though, I''ve counted don''t worry.


    Today is another just like the rest, day 5,511 of my existence as the clock above my stove in the kitchen tells me. I''ve been told to make a new magic gun where the bullet curves back into the barrel after hitting the target to refill the energy it used firing. Truly hard, this is a bullshit idea but I''m forced to comply regardless..


    [ugh, am I suppose to magnetize each plasma bullet that fires so it comes back? This''ll just waste energy..] nameless


    I''m currently shaping the metal provided to magnetize the swirls in the barrel to make each bullet come back. But I soon learn after the 15th try I don''t have the mana capacity to complete the last swirl.


    [Guess I''ll just cultivate some more. Jeez I thought i was powerful enough, are they trying to make me a monster?] nameless


    I lay down in the grass, cause whoever said being cross legged makes it easier to cultivate, is an utter moron. I twist and swirl the mana around my navel complementing the already formed formation I have, and attempt to add another. This will be my 270th addition to my dantian, this time I''ll try going all the way around my formation adding a full circle to tighten it all up. I start to draw the mana from the surroundings making it my own, and add the circle. As soon as it was complete and started tightening the interior formations...


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    <td>Hello, little one</td>


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    I stand straight up. Who was that!? I look around, there has to be someone powerful around but I see and feel no one whatsoever...


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    <td>I know you hear me, don''t make an ass out of yourself and greet me already</td>


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    Um..


    [....hello?...] nameless


    Who am I kidding, there''s no one her..


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    <td>Yes, I am here. And there. And Everywhere. Wanna guess who I am?</td>


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    [Robo parent No. 3?] nameless


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    <td>...no I am the True Final God, the strongest of us all. I see you made a interesting choice with your dantian and you''re trapped in this box thing, just came to stop by and say hello.</td>


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    Just stopped by? Is this guy crazy? What the fuck is happening..?


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    <td>I''m not only interested in your dantian choices, I am interested in your soul. How is it you''ve kept a neutral and pure soul after being locked in this box for your whole life?</td>


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    [....My captors can''t all be evil can they? It''s not like I have stockholm and love them, rather I hate them. It''s just, maybe some are innocent, they give me books and deign it suitable I have parents whether they are robot or not. I could totally have it worse.]


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    <td>That''s an intelligent observation of you little one. What if I could give you the power to do whatever you wished with them all?</td>


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    Hmmm... is this a test? Fuck it, it''s not like its true so I''ll just answer truthfully...


    [I''d kill all the guilty, and punish the innocent because they are bystanders of the guilty allowing them to continue. Why?]


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    <td>Just as I thought, you are truly just, foverever gray. Never evil or good, truely fit for judging. Let me show you something...</td>


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    I see a huge white hand appear out of nowhere in front of me and tap my forehead. *whoosh* AHHHHH IM FALLING NO NO no... no? What is this.... a huge multiverse. Hundreds of worlds, rotating around one huge one.... no that has to be a black hole... i''m falling towards a black hole great. I''m going to die, great god whatever please stop this ok just AHHHHH....The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    [WHERE AM I?!?!] nameless


    Around me are ginormous statues, some beautiful and some odd. There is one in the center and I notice a man sitting on the foot of the center statue that looks identical to the statue itself.


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    <td>Hello little one, I showed you the universe as a whole, all under my control. How did you like it?</td>


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    Wow this is real... Holy fuck this is real....


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    <td>Holy what? I am the holiest so don''t add fuck to the end please</td>


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    I sit down and relax my mind. Wow this is a lot. Is all my time reading fictions finally for this?


    [Yes our... *cough* Your universe is amazing. I assume we are in the center now?] nameless


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    <td>No Gods themselves are the only beings capable of getting here as myself, I''m currently showing you an illusion to meet you face to face. Hello, I am nameless as yourself but others usually call my Almighty or True god, nice to meet you!</td>


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    [um.. nice to meet you too sir true god? Why has someone great as yourself deemed in necessary to meet me?] nameless


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    <td>After reading your memories, analyzing your soul and finding your fate, I''ve come to think I should offer you a job.</td>


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    Offer a.. job? really?


    [But sir, as you''ve no doubt read from my memories, I wish to be free, under no one and strong enough to not be held down. why would i accept one captor for another?] nameless


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    <td>I am not your captor, you never had to answer as you did. This job I offer will allow you freedom in a single world and to be the strongest, not being held down by anything or anyone.</td>


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    [If that''s so, then how is it a job? That sounds pretty easy if i do say so myself...] nameless


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    <td>You will be the guardian of the world. A new world. One that hasn''t had a guardian to guide it before. Life to good. Life to evil. Your job will be to balance the world, not to let the good or evil lean to far on one side. Keep the world gray to let others grow stronger, or to live peacefully as they like. Or kill millions, just as long as their... guilty as you''d call it. You as my apostle will recieve misisons from myself, and can do as you like along the way. You won''t always have a mission and can guide the world as you like in the meantime, because you are just.</td>


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    ...This is perfect...


    [I accept! Please allow me to be your friend then!] nameless


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    <td>Friend huh... All my friends have names. Would you like yours?</td>


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    me?.... a name?


    [Don''t make it lame at least thank you.] nameless


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    <td>I grant you the name Drake. Never a last, because you''ll never stay still. Go now!</td>


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    He waves his hand and I fly backwards. Fuck is this gonna happen all the time?


    I find myself back in the infernal box still standing like nothing ever happened. Did that really just happen? I look around and find the metal I was melding still sitting in a bucket, everything is the same. Where is oh so mister true god?


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    <td>and enjoy your new life little one.</td>


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    Wow it was real. Or am I hallucinating? Isn''t this where I teleport to the new world? Do I have to die first and reincarnate there? Whatever I''ll just finish this super bullshit weapon for Captor No. 1 and take a nap, I''m obviously to tired for this.


    I finished it all up alright. Only took me 30 minutes after my dantian change. Why the hell do they make me do such a simple thing and keep me here, are they to dumb to do it themselves? Ugh this box is getting to me, I''m going to sleep.


    [zzzzz...] Drake


    I sit up. Where am I. This is not the box, and is obviously not a dream I feel humidity in the air....


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    <td>Welcome to your new world little one! Did I surprise you?</td>


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    This is....


    I look around, a volcano to my left, mountains to my right, I am in a field not unlike the fake prairie in the infernal box....


    [Yes. I was surprised mr. true god sir. Why did you wait till I was asleep to teleport me here?] Drake


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    <td>Oh no, not teleported. I had to kill you and send your soul in this new body I made for you here. Did you want me to kill you while you were awake? That would hurt little one, your welcome.</td>


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    Wait... new body!?


    [Why a new body!? Be more god like and fictional and teleport me! This is so realistic, not fantastical like my stories at all...] Drake


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    <td>Yes new body. Your mana formation in your dantian wasn''t strong enough to survive a full world teleport, so you had to die. Thus, you have to formation now. Better get to work. No time to dilly dally, I will freeze time a square mile around you for five years. I have put enough supplies to live and a book of magic laws and stages around you, study well and grow the strongest in this time, I won''t be able to talk to you during this time. Good luck.</td>


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    .... I''ll sit down then. Wow this is a lot. He is right, I have to get to work and I''m obviously at the beginning again. At least I''m not in a damn box. Let''s get started.


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    5 years later


    My old formations were shit. There and 3 dantians. Not one. Stupid old world scientists, I am ridiculously strong now, I feel like I could undo this time barrier by myself but I''ll leave it up courtesy to mr. true god. I think it''s about to go down anyways. Yup there it goes...


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    <td>Drake! How''d it go? Are you.... What is with that white hair of yours!?</td>


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    [After my entire body became mana itself, it let me change my appearance but due to being sentimental, I kept my body the same minus the 5 years of working out, I just wanted white hair cause it''s badass] Drake


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    <td>Body made of mana! Boy you are one step from becoming a God yourself! You really worked hard. Alright, are you ready to work?</td>


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    I sat down finally breathing in the fresh air that came in after the barrier came down. Yeah, I''ve worked out for 5 years and I have to say, I''m pretty chiseled haaa. After I finished my last formation my body became mana itself and could change it all so working out was pointless. But white hair is cool so I''m happy.


    6ft tall, long muscles but not to big to be bulky. White skin from being inside the barrier, and white hair in a messy bowl like shape, my bangs covering one of my eyes. And a... devilishly handsome face? I''m not sure, robo parents said I look good but I don''t even know honestly.


    [Yeah I''m ready. And don''t call me boy or little one, I''m 20 now... call me Drake. It''s what you named me after all] Drake


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    <td>Good Good! Alright pick up that compass, it''ll point to whatever objective is in a mission I give you in the future. But for now it should be spinning because you''re already here. This continent doesn''t have a name, but you could call it the demon continent. I''d like you to stabilize it please, before it overflows and reaches the normal continents.</td>


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    Hard mode already? I want a laser sword please

 Chapter 2 - Leaving the Demon Continent

    100 years. That¡¯s how long stabilizing the demon continent took. 100 YEARS. If I still aged and didn¡¯t have this practically demi-god rank body, I would have died without even finishing. Mr true god dude told me I could request something, call in a favor if you will, after every successful mission I complete. I specifically asked to be in contact with intelligent human like races this time around and I hope its true.


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    Year 99 of my first mission.


    I sit back against a jagged rock face and take a deep sigh. What am I even doing here, I should be done already¡­


    *DING*


    I look under my robe to see the compass that¡¯s hanging down blinking red after that sound. Does that mean I¡¯m finally done?


    [mr true god, am I done? Did it really work?] Drake


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    <td>Yes that¡¯s what the dinging of the compass means. I have a new mission for you, are you ready?</td>


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    [Wait wait wait! Shouldn¡¯t I be rewarded for all this? At least listen to a request of mine?] Drake


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    <td>Alright I understand, let¡¯s consider it a bonus every time you complete a mission. What¡¯s your request?</td>


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    [Would you let my next mission be near intelligent human like races? I¡¯ve practically been alone in this demon wasteland for too long, I need interaction] Drake


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    <td>Hmmm that should be reasonable¡­. Your next mission would have been closer, but due to your request I¡¯ll give you another. Ok, your next mission will be on the Albera continent to the west. The newly founded Church of the End is due to create mass evil in the next 5 years, but the church was created with salvation as the goal. Find out why they¡¯ve strayed from their doctrine and correct it, by any way you deem just.</td>


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    That should be easy, there¡¯s probably just a couple corrupt priests that need a fixing.


    [So west it is! I can finally get off this god forsaken continent¡­] Drake


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    <td>Now now, if it were God forsaken, you wouldn¡¯t be here would you?</td>


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    So I¡¯m currently sailing west towards where my handy compass is pointing me. Yes I could simply fly, but that would take away the adventure now wouldn¡¯t it?


    All alone on this ocean, this is relaxing. No one to bother me, no enemies to stalk, no demons to kill. Truly peac¡­


    *BANG*  I stand back up after being knocked down by a huge swordfish looking monster, and my robe is hardened in protection mode to protect me from harm. Did that fucker just jump out the ocean and attack me?!


    [Oniii-chan! You need to stop spacing out just because you can¡¯t see enemies, because I always can, that sword fisher isn¡¯t done yet!] Lily


    Yes she called me onii-chan. Yes when I said I was alone, I wasn¡¯t particularly lying. Lily is my robe, an artificial intelligence artifact I made to protect me. Why you ask? Because I was lonely alright.. I¡¯ve never had a little sister before¡­


    [Ok ok Lily I¡¯m alright, you protected me once again.] Drake


    [hee-heeee onii, I¡¯ll always protect you, just stop slacking off please.] Lily


    And here I am awkwardly rubbing a robe like it¡¯s living. Ok I consider her to be alive. I mean how could she be so cute sounding if she wasn¡¯t! I¡¯m not a creep!


    Flashback No. 2


    Year 8 of my first mission.


    I just got away from a swarm of huge-ass demon bugs trying to sting me, and constantly setting the atmosphere around me ablaze with fire magic doesn¡¯t seem to work. They just keep coming and coming.


    I¡¯ve had this problem countless times already. I need a solution, it¡¯s not like I¡¯ll actually die if they all sting me but it¡¯d hurt reaaally bad, and I¡¯m not a friend to pointless pain. Ok hmmmmm¡­.


    [a robe¡­ one that hardens at the sight of enemies¡­ no if I make that, it¡¯ll simply harden everytime a enemy comes close. I need one that actively protects me¡­ tries to protect me¡­ I GOT IT!!] Drake


    I immediately pull out circular mana crystal and begin to work. Chisel it down to a 2-D sphere, and focus. I need to focus harder than anything I¡¯ve ever focused for before. I¡¯m about to program magical artificial intelligence. Thank you test subjects robo parents No. 1 and 2!


    2 hours later


    I¡¯m DONE! Ok fit in inside the premade metal disk, and here!


    [uh..uh where am I? Who are you? Why can¡¯t I move! Get me out of her..]


    [Calm down, calm down. Listen to the sound of my voice. Your name is Lily, I just created you. Do you know who I am?] Drake


    [Um.. oh. ONII-CHAN I LOVE YOU! You made me! HI! Oh no, I can¡¯t protect you like this, what to do, what to do¡­.] LilyStolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    [Hang on Lily, I¡¯ll help you out now.] Drake


    I lift up the already made oversized and tattered at the ends white robe, that I had made out of 2 albino wyvern wings 3 years ago.


    [I¡¯m going to attach you to this robe of mine ok Lily? Do you think you could protect me as this?] Drake


    [Hmmm that should work Onii! Just hurry up because some bug looking monsters are closing in a mile away from your position] Lily


    Fuck. I need to hurry. I quickly reverse my robe and weld the disk shaped Lily to the point where the robe would meet my waist on the back. Set 4 modes, Loose, Protection, Cancel, and Free-style. Ok done.


    I swing the robe around me fast as I hear the bugs getting closer and closer¡­


    [PROTECTION MODE. ROBE UP LILY!] Drake


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    And here I am, facing a fish with a sword for a nose. Seriously, where does this world get its monsters from. I think I¡¯ll end this fast.


    The fish starts to swim faster and faster circling the boat, until it made a near 90 degree beeline straight towards me and jumped out of the water. 10 meters¡­. 5 meters¡­. 2 meters¡­.


    *Vrmmm Swish* I turn my laser sword off and look at the freshly charred corpse behind me.


    [Wow! I split it directly in half this time! I love how my sword pre cooks the meat so I do even less work!] Drake


    Feast your eyes on this! A 5 meter long fish cut clean in half at the spine, head to the tail fin behind itself. The meat already cooked at the edges because of how hot my blade is.


    Yes I ended up making a laser sword. Let me go ahead and explain the gear i¡¯ve made over the past 100 years.


    For defence, first is Lily, my robe/little sister, my idea of a robe that actively wants to protect me. Under Lily I¡¯m wearing a black gi like top, with the corresponding black pants and metal tipped boots, all the fabric made from wyvern parts because those fellows are ridiculously tough¡­


    Then for offence, I have 2 laser swords, one on my waist and the other on my back under the robe. Laser sword No. 1 is regular katana length and emits blazing black plasma, magnetized into a loop so it makes a blade. Laser sword No. 2 is a 6ft long 2.5ft width broadsword, good for bigger monsters but uses more mana.


    By using mana, I mean I have to charge them both. I made them with mana crystals as the base, mana crystals in this world are the same as my old world, you program certain commands and input the corresponding mana to have it do what you¡¯d like. Perfect for making artifacts.


    And for magic, I¡¯d like to think i¡¯ve come far. Fire magic to turn dragon''s to ash¡¯s. Ice magic to create a glacier. Metal magic to create a castle. The only magic I somewhat have problems with are space and time magic, I can teleport myself in a mile radius, but not any further. For time magic, i can slow the time down around me creating a time bubble to say, but I can¡¯t use the bubble to travel back in time. Maybe that¡¯s time and space magic combined¡­


    To explain even further, i¡¯ve truly become a cheat. And that¡¯s why I made swords, so things become a little more challenging. And plus, who doesn¡¯t want to slice things up with laser swords??


    Back to the point, I¡¯m currently cooking swordfish meat to eat, and I¡¯m expecting it to be super tasty.


    [Onii-chan, are you sure you really handled your previous mission right? I mean¡­ you basically did nothing. Isn¡¯t that lame?] Lily


    Wow Lily, that kinda hurt actually...


    [No that was the smartest thing to do. With them there, it¡¯ll turn into another continent like the humans make hopefully. Hopefully my plan will have future benefits too..] Drake


    Flashback No. 3


    Year 80 of my first mission.


    Over these countless years of slaying demons, I¡¯ve learned one thing, that it¡¯s tiring and never ending. I would have to stay here forever to complete this mission.


    Why was I sent here alone UGHHH¡­. wait.


    [Alone? I don¡¯t have to be do I?] Drake


    2 hours, 700 demons and a 7 sided magic polygonal star later¡­


    [...And here lies life! I create thee in each in 100 slain demons, formed by my own misgivings, come to life sins!!] Drake


    I slam my hand down in the middle of the red glowing star and 700 souls of monsters twist together, forming into 100 each point of the star, blending together, finally twisting into reality making flesh and blood monsters, my seven sins¡­


    [My Lord!].. Pride/Lust/Envy/Wrath/Gluttony/Greed/Sloth


    They all get down on one knee except for the big ass dragon and I look over them all. This will work. This has to work. Oops, I need to give the a job don¡¯t I?


    [Pride!] Drake


    [Yes sir!] Pride


    [You are the race of dragons, you will pride yourself in your ability to fly above others figuratively, and in strength. Protect the mountain range to the east, where your non-intelligent race of wyverns live¡­. Lust!] Drake


    [..Sir!] Lust


    [You are the race of succubus, you will lust over life itself. Protect the forests to the south¡­ Envy!] Drake


    I go on explaining their task. Envy is a vampire, she will protect the caves and underground. Gluttony is a slime like humanoid, he will protect the moist lands. Wrath is dragon humanoid, he will protect the dry plains. Greed is a pixie, she will protect the sky. Sloth is a lamia, and she will protect the coastlines. I get to the end of explaining to them how to never let the non-intelligent demons overfill out of the continent and then I say,


    [These book of magic¡¯s I wrote will make you stronger, and I¡¯ve made one for each of you. You will cultivate 2 dantians fully and become strong enough to guard this continent. If after that you feel unfulfilled and are done with the cultivation of the book, the last page will be readable. Only read it if you are ready to give up your titled sin and pass it to another, and only if you¡¯ve done your job well until then.] Drake


    I hand them each a book while blurring out my face with an illusion, don¡¯t want them finding me as they are, do I? By the way, the last page reads this, the path to greater strength is dangerous, and cannot be done without supervision. Find a successor and hand them this book to learn, and you¡¯ll receive a token that¡¯ll point to my position. Find me. State your reason for wanting more strength, and if I find the reason just, I shall personally teach you.


    I turn around to leave but I feel a hand on my shoulder¡­ it¡¯s Lust.


    [but Sir¡­] Lust


    [No buts. This is your life now, and I can¡¯t be with you while you rule, you all should have my ideals so I assume you are all just. I must leave now, be well.] Drake


    I walk away and find myself behind a bush sitting down grabbing my head..


    GOOD LORD, i gotta get away. Lust has the biggest boobs I have ever seen, at least F-cups.. no are those G-cups? Go go go, don¡¯t let her see I¡¯m blushing cause she touched me¡­


    I teleport away and land in a cave I made my home the past years.


    [I made her, does it make it wrong to feel so attracted?! Is that wrong!?] Drake


    [Onii are you talking to me? Why would I condone you being attracted to any other girl, I¡¯m obviously the only girl you need! Hmmphh!] Lily


    Ok forget Lily, I need some alone time RIGHT NOW. cancel mode. My robe twirls off me and gets sucked into Lily¡¯s disk like metal body and I sit her down at the start of the cave to warn me of monsters¡­


    [I hope she reads the last page heeee-he¡­ no do I? Lily would never let me¡­ is this going to be a problem in the future?!] Drake


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    Sitting in silence, it feels Lily is staring me down with non-existent eyes¡­ is this the protection I programed into you? Please don¡¯t protect my chastity Lily¡­.


    [Hmmph, by future benefits, you mean the benefit of meeting Lust¡¯s bust again don¡¯t you Onii-chan¡­] Lily


    [No my little sister! Not at all!.... maybe a bit. But I am a man! Don¡¯t get hung up on that pleas....] Drake


    I get interupted by the sound of sails swaying in the wind that aren''t ours and swing my head to the left.


    Is that another boat?? Finally, real people to talk to??

 Chapter 3 - Arrival

    So let me explain my first experience encountering humans in this world.


    I was ecstatic. Even if the man standing on the bow of the ship parallel to mine was speaking a foreign language, I was enjoying every second. Finally, the first real people I find in this world, and they are humans! But this excitement lasted just until I saw an arrow flying straight towards my skull. Time bubble.


    Walking around while time is slowed down by 100x is really good for setting your perspective right. These guys are totally pirates. Are we that close to their continent already? If not, why the hell are they so close to the demon continent, I just left a couple days ago so I can¡¯t be too far away from it¡­


    I continue walking and maneuvering through the slew of arrows fired at me. I¡¯m glad I made a color marker for instances such as this. These people will look much ¡°cooler¡± with panda eyes and mustaches drawn on their faces. I make my way to their captain looking man, which happens to be the man who was talking to me before they fired.


    [This man looks important, I¡¯ll probably learn why they¡¯re in these waters with this] Drake


    I put my thumb on his forehead, then lean mine to touch my own thumb. Memory read.


    I made this spell for times such as this, it is as easy as forcibly sending your mana into a targets brain (limbic system), and connect it with my eyes to watch the targets memory like a movie from my old world.


    Lets see¡­. coming out I see a lot of light, is this him being born?.... To far back¡­ wow, pirate school is real? Ok he accepted a deep sea quest from a guild to find new land.


    Well he was damn close. To bad he ran into me. After watching his memory I can attest that there is only a single innocent person on this boat, and he¡¯s not even part of the crew. These punks don¡¯t even deserve my laser sword. I look around and mark the position of every crew member, and flick my fingers, Combust. I set liquid fire inside each of their hearts and after a single pump, their entire body turns to ash. No blood, and quick. The least they deserve.


    I walk down to their brig. Seriously, keeping the only mage in the crew in a cage, because they¡¯re afraid of him? What idiots. After passing several rooms I find myself in front a single steel door, *Vrmm Swish x4* my laser sword leaves molten steel behind as I step over the ridge, inside a room where one man in rags is chained up.


    Well, he can¡¯t be all to dangerous if those savages actually managed to get him into this state. I begin to infuse mana in my throat to speak and hope he does the same..


    [Boy, I killed your captors. Or as you might still call them, your crewmates. Do you still wish to be chained? Or would you sail back to land with me free, with only one task to do] Drake


    The 14 year old boy looks up at me with wet and suspicious eyes. He clearly understood me and I see mana gathering at his throat..


    [....Depends on this task kind sir.] Boy


    [You know magical perception so you¡¯ll be able to teach me the language of the Albera continent. Once you¡¯re finished, you may go wherever you¡¯d like.] Drake


    [Sir, you being this far out west, does that mean we were close to discovering a new land?] Boy


    I squint my eyes and look into his. He¡¯s been in this cage for at least a month, and still knows where we are? Look like a found a strong one¡­


    [Yes, we are a couple days out from the demon continent. You and your people are not ready for it yet, and it is not ready for you. So how about it, will you take my offer?] Drake


    [demon continent¡­ I will take your offer if you explain where you came from..] Boy


    God damn it we got a smart one over here. Might as well get this over with.


    I finish telling him about me, how I was sent from another world to be the guardian of this one, and how the demon continent is beyond his reach. By time I finish, I¡¯ve gotten him out of his chains and we¡¯re sitting back on my ship watching the other being engulfed in flames¡­


    [So dangers around every corner, monstrous beasts who want to kill you everyday¡­ you don¡¯t look so strong, why should I believe you??] Boy


    I point my index finger up, Fireball. A ball of fire that¡¯s nearly hot as plasma and twice as big as my entire ship appears out of nowhere, only to be shot up into the clouds.


    *BOOM*


    The clouds instantly disperse to leave a 10 mile long twisted hole of heat. I look down at the boy who fell down and is staring wide eyed at the sky¡­


    [Little boy, unless you¡¯re capable of half that, you¡¯d never survive there. Get stronger on your own, then test yourself there.] DrakeLove what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    He looks into my eyes with awe. What¡¯s with this brat¡­ is this one of those strength rules all, kind of worlds?? sigh¡­ Guess I¡¯ll make it work.


    [Sir how strong am to you?!] Boy


    I take a good look at him¡­ Scan. Sending a light mana wave through his body I find only his heart dantain has been cultivated, and it¡¯s not even close to being finished¡­


    [You are 1/1,000,000th my strength. I¡¯ll show you the ropes if you do a good job teaching me Alberan, but training always takes time. What¡¯s your name little one¡­] Drake


    There, I did it! I called someone else little one¡­ how was that mr. true god!


    [Alex. What¡¯s yours master?] Alex


    [Shit no, don¡¯t call me master, I¡¯m only showing you the ropes¡­ let¡¯s get to work come on..] Drake


    And so it¡¯s been 5 months of sailing and we are here, the Albera continent. I¡¯ve learned the language and a couple things about the place itself. The country is truly being ruled by the strongest, the royal family. Though I¡¯d call them the barbarian family, because I don¡¯t particularly like the idea of the strongest ruling. They are actually doing a pretty good job though, uniting the continent should have been a hard thing to do after all.


    Through our journey of the seas, i¡¯ve also learned that ¡°talking to myself¡± isn¡¯t a good move, so I made a speaker and attached it to Lily, so she could talk. I ended my little passengers idea that I¡¯m a crazy man at that.


    Speaking of Alex, I taught him how to fully format his dantian, and he¡¯s almost there with his heart dantian, but he won¡¯t be strong enough in time to follow me after this, so I¡¯ll be finding somewhere to drop him off in whatever city we land in.


    And by landing in, I mean I¡¯ve been following my compass to the dot, so navigating was pointless. Wherever we land, will be where we land. Fortunately, I can spot a port town not too far away, so we won¡¯t be far from civilization as I had expected we¡¯d be.


    I climb down the mast of my ship to see Alex sitting on the bow, looking down into the water instead of the town we are about to arrive at. Walking closer I hear him sighing..


    [What¡¯s wrong boy, how are you not excited to be back in civilization??] Drake


    He then proceeds to look up at me with puppy dog eyes¡­ I see where this is going¡­


    [Are you really planning on leaving me master? I¡¯m to weak, I¡¯ll die there!] Alex


    This little punk..


    [Yes. You¡¯re too weak to follow me as you are.] Drake


    [Tskk¡­. Worth a try. Thanks anyways¡­] Alex


    Theres the brat I got to know, sigh. Dimension. I reach my hand into a small wormhole I created in front of me and pull a book of magic out.


    [Here is a book I wrote. Reading and following its instructions will make you strong enough to follow me if you wish. Or you could just use it to gain strength. If you choose the former after you finish it, the last page should be readable. You¡¯ll find me then.] Drake


    Good, now be grateful you little shit..


    [Why thank you master. Maybe I can use this book to shield me from magic attacks.] Alex


    What a fuckin brat! He doesn¡¯t even know I just gave him a book that¡¯ll probably make him stronger than the king of this entire continent¡­ I¡¯m through with this kid. Teleport.


    Hope he also learned how to sail, or he¡¯s gonna crash into the port and fisherman probably won¡¯t be so nice to that brat of a kid. I¡¯m now on top of a roof looking over the entire city.


    [Lily, I¡¯m going to use your body as a conduit to scan this entire city for power signatures, are you ready?] Drake


    [Ok Onii. The strongest one will probably be that annoying kid you just left though¡­] Lily


    Scan. I start to feel everyone¡¯s power, over 10,000 people. I come to learn that even if you add them all together, they wouldn¡¯t even begin to touch my ankles in power. Although there¡¯s one that¡¯s a little stronger than little Alex, it¡¯s coming from the nicest looking building so it¡¯s probably the mayor, I shouldn¡¯t have to deal with him. Now let¡¯s begin an initial investigation. A bar in the slums shouldn¡¯t have any magic users¡­


    I Teleport and land in an alleyway in the slums, walk out, and start to blend in with the crowd walking until I make it to a stale smelling establishment. I walk in and find a table, sit down, and wait.


    The waitress comes to take my order and I ask for a simple beer, she turns around to leave but I tap her on her shoulder leaving a smiley face sticker there¡­ Suggestion: Church of the End.


    [Sorry miss, do you think I could order a whiskey instead? Had a long day¡­] Drake


    She accepts and walks away. The magic I just used was mental suggestion magic, that sticker will emit waves in an 8ft diameter that makes people think about the Church of the End and talk about it. The waitress that served me, being the only one of this bar, will surely talk to a lot of people and I¡¯ll be there to listen in. And sure enough, after 10 minutes of dishwashing, she comes back to takes people¡¯s order..


    [Hey miss, did¡¯ya hear about how the Church saved 1000 hungry children ov¡¯a in Talm?] random drunk guy


    [I know right! The Church is also under the princess¡¯s protection, so she obviously told them about the disrest there!] Waitress


    [Hey guys, maybe we should join the Church!... no, we are lowly peasants, we aren¡¯t worth it. Let¡¯s start a local council (fan club) at least?] not so drunk guy no. 2


    [We aren¡¯t even worth that Tom! Just give it up, they have practically supported the royal family for decades now, how could we ever get close?] not so drunk guy no. 2¡¯s lady friend


    Oh fuck, I need to get out of here before this place becomes a full blown cult. Hopefully miss waitress will find the sticker on her shoulder later, she seemed nice.


    I walk out after paying with some coppers that I had ¡°stolen¡± from the pirate ship I encountered months ago and begin thinking..


    This Church has deep ties. Royal family, princess''s protection¡­ shit, this might be hard. They didn¡¯t even seem to be evil from their rumors. Maybe they¡¯re doing shady shit behind the scenes?


    [Let¡¯s join the Church and save the world Onii-chan, they are the absolute. The greatest!] Lily


    [Haa haa real cute Lily. I know you wouldn¡¯t be affected by that weak magic.] Drake


    [Hee-heee did Onii just praise me? I love you!] Lily


    Haa.. Thank you Lily, I¡¯m pumped now. Let¡¯s go visit this mayor and see if there¡¯s any shady Church shit in this town.

 Chapter 4 - Fate, or Bullshit..

    I finished investigating in this town. Finding out what the mayor knew was easy, I simply turned invisible by bending the light around me, snuck into his room while he slept and read his memories.


    He¡¯s actually a pretty good guy. At least he cares about that town of his. The only thing suspicious I found is that the Church has outposts on the borders of every province that reads mana signatures to I.D people.


    Speaking of my mana signature, I don¡¯t have to worry about it because it¡¯s simply too high to be read. Anyone below 3 formatted dantians wouldn¡¯t be able to find me, unless they pulled together their mana just to cast a searching spell. For example, the town I was just in, they¡¯d have to multiply their population by 100 fold and cast the spell all together just to find me.


    By mana levels, i¡¯m talking about how far you¡¯ve gone in your cultivation/formatting. If I were to explain the levels, it¡¯d start at 1st stage for 1 or less dantian formatted. 2nd stage for 2 dantians formatted or in between, same applies for 3rd stage. After that comes the binding stage, where you wind a mana bridge between all 3 dantians connecting and stabilizing them.


    The stages afterwards are more complex, after binding comes the core stage. At core, you pull your bridge together connecting all your dantians, making them one big core. Then comes suction stage, or you may call this the black hole stage, because you have to overfill your core enough to where in self implodes into a ever sucking hole.


    Then comes the stage i¡¯m at, the bound stage. I have no clue why it¡¯s called bound, but once you make your black hole you have to once again fill it, till it gets smaller and smaller and again implodes in a twisting manner.


    Bound stage doesn¡¯t have a dantian, or you may call your entire body your dantian. After your black hole explodes, it fills your entire body with mana even after it can¡¯t take anymore, and your body begins to integrate with the mana itself and turn into mana.


    The main difference with this stage and the others is that I can use all the mana around me as if it were mine to begin with, instead of in the earlier stages where you¡¯d have to ¡°refill¡± your mana by converting the surrounding mana to your own. This essentially gives me unlimited mana, but only as much as I can take. For example, it¡¯s like my presence has to grab ahold of however much I want, so it takes concentration.


    Back to the point, if I passed through one of the Church¡¯s identity checkers, nothing would show up and that¡¯d be suspicious in itself. So I came up with an idea. I obviously can¡¯t manipulate everyone I come across that''s practically be evil, so I''ll make it show that i¡¯m a 2nd stage. How will I do that you ask?


    I can¡¯t change my own cultivation path, so i¡¯m going to give Lily one!


    It¡¯s sundown and i¡¯m currently in some woods 2 miles west of the port town. I have Lily in cancel mode/her disk body, and am installing 3 new mana crystals to the edges of her body in a triangle fashion, attempting to make dantians out of them.


    I pull the ambient mana around me into her crystals and form them into empty spaces, then fill each with mana¡­


    *crack*


    [Oh shit..] Drake


    The crystals crack and melt into the disk shaped artifact, changing it molecularly¡­.


    [What is this¡­ is her body changing into a mana crystal itself??] Drake


    [ONII-CHAN YOU GAVE ME A SOUL! That must be what this feeling is!] Lily


    [...what? I did?] Drake


    The robe changes into free-style mode and forms into a small shaped girl. Or at least I know it¡¯s a girl cause I know it¡¯s Lily, but she looks like a little girl who put bed sheets over her head to pretend she¡¯s a ghost.


    [Haaa¡­ Lily is that you? You can freely change your form now?] Drake


    [Yes I can! I¡¯m not an artifact anymore what did you think. Hmmph.] Lily


    Well at least I have a real companion now haaa¡­


    [How do you feel? You said you feel like you have a soul, what do you even mean?] Drake


    [Well Onii, before I felt chained in a way. Stuck in a cycle of prompts to say and suggestions to feel. But now I think I can do whatever I¡¯d like. Is that bad?] Lily


    Bad? Did I just do a god like thing and accidently create new life?? She¡¯s more like my daughter than a little sister now¡­


    [No¡­ that can¡¯t be right¡­ I created the sins too so that¡¯d Lust my daughter too¡­ *mumble mumble*] Drake


    [Onii-chann?] LilyThe narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.


    [No it¡¯s not bad Lily, but you say you can do whatever you like, but I cannot allow you to leave because we don¡¯t know how you operate to live yet. Is that ok?] Drake


    [No no NO! You got it wrong, I would never leave you! I just meant, I¡¯m not limited now, as in I don¡¯t have to follow commands and such. But I still will for you Onii.] Lily


    Wow yeah her thought process is definitely better now as a being rather than an artifact¡­ this may be good.


    [Thank you Lily, anyways though, how do you feel? Do you think you can cultivate? I have no clue as to how to go with it, because your cores melted making you what you are. How about it?] Drake


    [I¡¯m sorry Onii, I can¡¯t cultivate. But there is a plus side, you don¡¯t need to use your mana to keep me running or to operate me anymore! I can feed on the mana in the atmosphere.] Lily


    That¡¯s good I guess. She never took much mana to use anyways but more mana for me, the better. Or should I say safer? Not that anything in this world can harm me with this god like robe with me hee-heee..


    [Ok Lily I¡¯m glad you¡¯re feeling Ok. The experiment itself failed, but created you, so I¡¯m happy. Let¡¯s make a place to relax for now¡­] Drake


    Telekinesis. I lift a large quantity of dirt in front of me, and start to mash it together in the air to solidify it better, then shape it into a hut.


    I don¡¯t like using earth based magic because it makes me connect with the earth, willing it to move. Why would I do that, when I can tell it to move with telekinesis. I step inside and Lily follows along with cute sounding pitter patters.


    Dimension. A wormhole appears in front of me as I reach my hand into it, then out, pulling a single size bed I made. I set it in the corner, start a fire in the opposite, and sit down to talk with Lily about general things till I end up falling asleep¡­


    I open my eyes and sit up as something or someone with a magical signature roams into my mana perceptions domain. Scan.


    [What the fuck??] Drake


    I¡¯m currently feeling Alex, the little brat I ditched, running really fast in my direction with 2 people in pursuit following behind him. Why is he even running, why doesn¡¯t he just blast them?


    I throw Lily/my robe on and quickly step outside. Casting an illusion spell behind me to hide my hut, I run towards Alex. Before we meet, I lift some dirt from ahead the path he¡¯s running and jump to a branch to observe..


    *trip*


    [Ow, fuck where did this hole come from¡­] Alex


    [You¡¯re stuck, where ya gonna run now huh brat?] Guard 1


    [Now tell us, what did you do to the mayor? When he woke up this morning he claimed to be 10 and waiting for his onee-san to come home, and after we checked there¡¯s foreign mana inside his brain. You were the only ship to come in yesterday and all other residents have been I.D¡¯d, we¡¯ve caught you now!] Guard 2


    Well¡­ sorry Alex but this is actually my fault. Note to self, never read a mind in REM sleep, or else they may regress memories... Time bubble.


    I step behind the guards and read both their memories while time is near frozen. Ok, Guard 2 is innocent but this guard 1 is interesting¡­


    Now in front of the guards blocking their way to Alex, I pull out my laser sword and cancel my time bubble. Time for some grade A lies¡­


    [Wah¡­! Where did you come from?!] Guard 2


    *Vrmmmm* I start my laser sword and point at them..


    [Excuse me kind sirs, I have 2 reasons why i¡¯ve intervened, would you like to know?] Drake


    Their faces twitch as they feel the raw heat from my blade on their faces¡­


    [Put down your¡­ weapon¡­ and follow us along with the kid, and we¡¯ll listen to your cause.] Guard 2


    [I¡¯m afraid I can¡¯t do that. To explain why I¡¯m standing here, I¡¯m a traveller and I happened to overhear what you said to the kid. After mana scanning him, I can clearly tell you that he hasn¡¯t even formed 1 full dantian, and obviously wouldn¡¯t be able to affect anyones mind that bad with magic.] Drake


    [...okay, even if what you say is true, it doesn¡¯t explain why you wouldn¡¯t just let us take him in to test, does this happen to have anything to do with your second reason?] Guard 2


    I look back and Alex to see him wide eyed at my sword¡­ I swear, if he asks for one, I¡¯ll chop something off him he doesn¡¯t need.. Ooops I need to respond. I look over at the first guard and back at the kind second one¡­


    [I smell human blood and brain matter on your companion, from multiple people. I¡¯ve also scanned him and can tell he is a bit stronger than you. If you start to get where this is going, you should instead ask for my help rather than bitch at me.] Drake


    Guard 2 looks over at the guard to his left in shock and disgust, only to see him smiling..


    [You got a dog¡¯s nose my boy. That¡¯s right, that mage kid is timid and I saw the opportunity for some cash. Now clive, I know you¡¯re sad hearing this, but you¡¯re gonna have to d¡­ what are you doing boy..] Guard 1


    I¡¯m now standing in front of Guard 2 blocking him from the other, *Vrmmmm swish*. Even though he held his blade up to block my slash, the sword was cut in twain as my laser sword continued on to cut him in twain also. His body now in two, both sides sloop apart and I hear vomiting on my left and behind me.


    [Now come on guys, you¡¯ve definitely seen something like this before, right?] Drake


    [Fuck no! Cutting someone clean in half, that¡¯s way too gruesome!] Alex


    [I have seen split at the waist horizontally, but never head to toes vertically.] Clive/Guard 2


    Well¡­


    [If you could have smelled how many different human smells he had, you wouldn¡¯t think what I did was bad at all¡­ whatever. Look Mr. um guard? I¡¯m not registering for any I.D at your town and I¡¯m also taking this kid along with me. Before you try to stop me, I suggest you check your friends house for murder trophies, then decide.] Drake


    [I¡¯ll do as you say¡­ but if I find no evidence, I¡¯ll put a bounty up for you and the kid.] Guard 2


    He turned to leave and I turned to face Alex. What am I going to do with this kid. It¡¯s like fate is pulling us together¡­ I¡¯m gonna rip that shit.


    I pick him up out of the hole I made for him, and we silently walk back back to my hut.


    When we get inside, I turn to look at him¡­


    [Hey kid, what are you willing to do to get stronger?] Drake